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So, it turns out the G5 tower my friend's company gave me last year actually has the CS3 studio products installed.
There they are, sitting on the hard drive, taunting me. The tech guy who gave me the system did not pass along the unlock code. He, and the company, are now out of business and/or out of touch.
Does anyone have the older, cs3 v10 version who would be willing to pass along an unlock code?
I'm not sure which of the products I'd actually use, but it would be nice to have access.
I swear to never register or transfer the code...ever.
Since the powerpc has been forsaken by Apple anyway, who else would want it?!
Bonny, I can't help you but I thought I should point out that if the computer is connected to the web, then registration isn't optional. It will automatically register the moment you complete putting in the code.
Ah, well that stuffs it then Pete. Thanks for that heads up. I would not want to put anyone else's registration at risk.
Pity. Seems a waste.
More's the pity that even if I could buy the package, the new software won't work on this perfectly functional machine.
Sigh.
My Shuffle has started turning itself off occasionally. It's playing, and then the music stops, and I have to turn it off and on and press play, and it's fine. But it did that twice on Wednesday.
And when I plug it into my computer, a (blank) Explorer window pops up temporarily, and that window also pops up every time I delete a song or add a song to it. I restored it back to factory settings, and it was still doing it. Anyone know what's going on? It's over two years old; is it just That Time?
I would certainly hope it would last more than 2 years.
So wait. This CCCleaner and Smart Defrag could make my parents' old XP computer not suck? I don't understand what the problem is, because I don't think they are running new programs, so shouldn't it be OK? I was planning on getting them a new one for Christmas, but will give these programs a shot first!
They will make it suck less. You can decide if improvement is enough after you install and run. Again don't be tricked into toolbars. Don't let ccleaner clean office or word cause will lose all your settings.
I doubt they have any non-standard settings, but thanks for the warning.
I've also found that security software can really slog down a computer. I tend to just run with Microsoft Security Essentials which seems very good at being unobtrusive.
I think that is part of the problem, but I think my father is prone to clicking on bad stuff, so I don't want to strip it down too much.
